Feinberg Exits Epitaph For Pandora To Head New Artist Marketing Division
Jason Feinberg is exiting Epitaph Records for Pandora, and the newly created role of Head Of Artist Marketing. In an email announcing the change Feinbeg said he will be "focused on. Continue reading
Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup 9.12.14: Spotify Video Ads, ASCAP Workshop, ACM Honors
Spotify has introduced video ads as an attempt to generate more revenue from non paying users. The leading music streaming service’s “Sponsored Session” will be a15 – 30 second video ad. Continue reading
Linkfire: “Smart Links For Music Marketing”
Linkfire is a promising new service that creates "smart links for music marketing." Smart links allow you to use one link that can direct people to a specific url based. Continue reading
Tim Fite’s iBeenHACKED Project Shows How You Can Work Locally With A Global Reach
Tim Fite is an interesting multimedia artist whose work involves a lot of performance elements including songwriting and music videos as well as performance art and teaching. His current project,. Continue reading
Ticketing M&A: Ticketmaster Acquires Sherpa.be, Vendini Acquires In Ticketing
This week Ticketmaster announced the acquisition of Belgium-based Sherpa.be. They will be joining the Ticketmaster Belgium team that launched this year. San Francisco-based Vendini also announced their acquisition of In. Continue reading
Festicket Raises $2.7 Million For Int’l Expansion.
[UPDATED] UK based startup Festicket has closed a $2.7 million Series A funding round. Festicket which bills its self as "The Easiest Way To Book Your Next Festival Ticket" provides. Continue reading
Apple x Music: It’s Bigger Than Beats
Though Beats Music was a no show at yesterday's big Apple event there were some musical moments. U2 promoted their new album giveaway via iTunes and Justin Timberlake and Jimmy. Continue reading
A Musician’s Guide To Best Use Of Hashtags
By Hugh McIntyre from the Sonicbids Blog. Hashtags may seem like a silly bit of social media (and sometimes that’s exactly what they are), but they do serve an important. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Onesheet / ArtistData Founder Is Secretly Building A New Service For Musicians
Serial entrepreneur Brenden Mulligan, best known for founding ArtistData (acquired in 2010 by Sonicbids) and Onesheet (acquired in 2013 by Bandzoogle), is working on a new service aimed at giving. Continue reading
Country Music Association To Launch Music Business Incubator
The Country Music Association is teaming up with The Nashville Entrepreneur Center to create what they are billing as the first music business accelerator. The music business accelerator is a 14-week. Continue reading
